While the world’s attention focused on the extensive damage done in Port-au-Prince, a catastrophe of equal magnitude has unfolded in on Haiti’s southern coast in the city of Jacmel. As many as 70% of Jacmel’s homes were damaged or destroyed. Operation USA is focusing a good portion of its Haiti relief and recovery efforts in [...]
St. Damien is the only free pediatric hospital in Haiti. Run by Father Rick Frechette, an American doctor and community organizer who’d been working in the slums of Port-au-Prince for over two decades, he and his small team have also built an orphanage, medical clinics, alongside St. Luke’s, a network of neighborhood schools.
OpUSA has partnered [...]
Operation USA is currently partnering with local Haitian NGO L’Athletique d’Haiti to construct a cafeteria to meet the increased demand created by recent disasters.
In September 2008, Hurricane Ike slammed into the Caribbean hitting Haiti and Cuba, causing serious flooding, wind damage and crop devastation.
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“#1 Exclusively Privately Funded Charity”
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Co-recipient of the
1997 Nobel Peace Prize as part of “The International Campaign to Ban Landmines”